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TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LAND ACT 1991 - SECT 11
Torres Strait Islander reserve land
11 Torres Strait Islander reserve land
(1) Torres Strait Islander reserve land is land that, at the beginning of the
enactment day, is— (a) reserved and set apart under the Land Act 1962 for a
Torres Strait Islander reserve or for the benefit of Torres Strait Islander
inhabitants; or
(b) within the external boundaries of an area of such land
and— (i) subject to a lease granted under the Land Holding Act; or
(ii) the
subject of an application under the Land Holding Act, section 5 , that had
been approved by the trustee council, or approved on appeal by the appeal
tribunal, under that Act, but for which a lease under that Act has not been
granted;
and includes land reserved and set apart under the Land Act 1962 for
any other public purpose if the Minister declares the land to be land that
was, or included land that was, at the beginning of the enactment day, being
used as a Torres Strait Islander reserve or for the benefit of Torres Strait
Islanders.
(2) Also, Torres Strait Islander reserve land includes land within
the external boundaries of land mentioned in subsection (1) (a) if— (a) the
land was the subject of an application under the Land Holding Act, section 5 ,
that was approved by the trustee council, or approved on appeal by the appeal
tribunal, under that Act after the enactment day; and
(b) a lease under that
Act has not been granted for the land.
(3) Further, Torres Strait Islander
reserve land includes land within the external boundaries of land mentioned in
subsection (1) (a) if the land has, since the enactment day, ceased to be a
road.
(4) Torres Strait Islander reserve land does not include land within
the external boundaries of land mentioned in subsection (1) (a) if the land
has, since the enactment day, become a road.
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